Originally Posted by Shelbie
We use sheets all the time for our Guild's Community Quilts and they are absolutely fine for machine quilting. Our LQS has a mid arm machine set-up and we quilt 3 or 4 there every month. We also ignore the quilt police and trim the backing to 1 1/4" after quilting and turn it to the front and top stitch it for binding. This works well for us and produces a hard wearing quilt that is able to withstand frequent washings at some of the shelters where our quilts are donated. I often use these methods on kid quilts and college bound quilts and sheets work out very well.
Several years ago I bought two twin quilts from a Mennonite retirement home in Oregon. They were backed and finished in the way you described, then tied. I had them for when my grandchildren visited, used them myself when the kids weren't around and eventually gave them to the kids when they moved to NM. They are wonderful, easy to wash, and are holding up very well. I love them.